I'll be honest. I'm a player who been on hiatus for quite a while. I zeroed my account to the point of 0 mith, 0 bars, 0 allies. And you can work out the rest. I can remember when I started. It took me months to get to a mil combined stats. Now. I'll probably make it in less than a week. Growth on a whole has improved and if may sound daunting. But personally. I know the fact. You can play this game at any level/ stats. You don't need to be the biggest. Just remember though. Spend your time in the things you enjoy. I feel and felt for ages. The pvp side of the things is the best I've experienced. After all. If you're on the side that you're being farmed. Then you can always flip it over and farm someone else. The only thing I think that needs to be rethinked is the creation of huge alliances.
Added Titan and Vixen's posts to the OP. Thanks for the feedback! Also noticed there's a thread for a beginners guide for kaw. Wish new players were prompted this somewhere in the tutorial. viewtopic.php?f=24&t=160759